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trim it out
There has to be a privilege with rank, otherwise what's the point in trying?
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I'd argue that's what the pay scale is for. Giving a <insert middle management officer> with no kids a bigger house than someone with 3 kids who happens to be junior isn't really cricket in my book (especially noting that junior person may have had an equal number of merit-based promotions but started as a junior rank.
I am absolutely not advocating a race to the bottom, but in the absence of the will to fund housing properly at a senior level I'd say the policy is better than the previous one on the surface. However, the short-term impact is those that are negatively impacted will have another push factor. Long term the push and pull may even out across the ranks, then it just depends who you want to keep more....